The Big, Big, BIG News!

The first, largest, and happiest announcement I have is that TestRetreat is finally a go – August 24th in Madison, Wisconsin, this one-day open-space event will be /the/ event to recharge your batteries, get to know the top of the field, and make your plans to change the world.

I do plan to schedule some events for Friday, but the intention is that if you live anywhere in the Midwest United States, you can get to TestRetreat by car. If your boss won’t pay, you can pay out of pocket, but you won’t have to. At $60 per person (and potentially, no time off work) this is the cheapest test event anywhere. Read all about it and register at:

We’ve been working on TestRetreat behind the scenes for months. Some people reading this know the twists, turns, and pains I’ve had to make this happen. Please allow me to say I am incredibly excited to see this become a reality, and leave it at that.

I am also enjoying writing for IT Knowledge Exchange, mostly about technology careers. Lately I have been interviewing John Hunter about how he moved to Malaysia, where he can lives on $16,000 per year, which he can earn in about ten hours a week.

If you want still more, I post every single article I publish to google plus and twitter. To make sure you keep in touch with what’s going on at Excelon, you can join the Email List; I promise to send less than six emails per year, to keep them short, and as relevant as this blog post.

In the mean time, I am currently filling up my Q3/Q4 2013 calendar. If you’d like to work with Excelon, give me a shout, I’ll be around.

Matt has deep experience in software testing, project management, development, writing, and systems improvement. His extensive network of contacts in these fields has enabled him to put together a diversified, high-level team of experts at Excelon.